Explore the foundations of governance and societal organization. This classic work, drawing on ancient city-state models, offers enduring insights into initiating and maintaining successful constitutions. Revised for modern readers with expert introductions and notes. Zobraziť viac
Now completely revised and updated, with full-color photographs and family-friendly recipes throughout. The deeply personal story of a father learning to share his love of nature with his children, not through the indoor lens of words or pictures... Zobraziť viac
The Climb by Chris Froome - the inspirational memoir from the British winner of the 100th edition of the Tour de France. The Climb tells the extraordinary story of Chris Froome's journey from a young boy in Kenya, ... Zobraziť viac
President Bill Clinton's My Life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided in early life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. Zobraziť viac
Kniha se zabývá ojedinělým osudem tří sester, které se zapsaly do historie Číny 20. století. Nejstarší Aj-ling (1889–1973) se provdala za H. H. Kchunga (1880–1967), který byl ministrem průmyslu, krátce i předsedou vlády Čínské—- Zobraziť viac
V knize Silicon Valley: Tísnivé údolí předkládá Anna Wiener čtenářům své vzpomínky na práci ve startupech mezi lety 2013 a 2018. Ostře zde kritizuje řadu aspektů startupové kultury a... Zobraziť viac
Klub Starí, ale nie mŕtvi prijal nových členov namiesto Grietje a Eefje. Grietje leží na uzavretom oddelení pre pacientov s alzheimerom a hoci ju Hendrik pravidelne navštevuje, ona ho už nespoznáva. Myšlienky na pominuteľnosť života sa... Zobraziť viac
Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild examines the true story of Chris McCandless, a young man who walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later... Zobraziť viac
Black Milk is the affecting and beautifully written memoir on motherhood and writing by Turkey's bestselling female writer Elif Shafak, author of Honour, The Gaze and The Bastard of Istanbul which was long-listed for the Orange prize... Zobraziť viac
'A great accomplishment . . . A wonderful reflection of an extraordinary sweep of history' Barack ObamaTimely, intimate and important, the long-awaited memoirs from one of the most influential leaders of our timesFor 16 years, Angela Merkel was... Zobraziť viac
Who were you before the world told you who to be? Part inspiration, part memoir, Untamed explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet the expectations of the world, and instead dare to listen to and trust in... Zobraziť viac
The extraordinary life of Cher can be told by only one person ... Cher herself.After more than seventy years of fighting to live her life on her own terms, Cher finally reveals her true story in intimate detail, in a two-part memoir.Her remarkable ... Zobraziť viac
In the middle of the night, a father and his daughter step off a Greyhound bus in Florida and head straight to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. They ring the bell, though no one is expecting them and they don't speak English... Zobraziť viac
This is a true story. The events depicted took place during the last decade in an unnamed warzone. The names and locations have been redacted to protect the security of those involved and the practices of the British Special Forces... Zobraziť viac
Sir Alex Ferguson's compelling story is always honest and revealing he reflects on his managerial career that embraced unprecedented European success for Aberdeen and 26 triumphant seasons with Manchester United... Zobraziť viac
In space the sun rises and sets 16 times a day. You fly over every sea, every mountain and desert, every city and every port. The most ordinary things — eating, sleeping, brushing your teeth or cutting your hair... Zobraziť viac
From personalities and entertainers Kian Lawley and Jc Caylen comes a completely wild and entirely true account of their rise to internet fame: Kian and Jc: Don’t Try This at Home! More than 7 million YouTube subscribers, ... Zobraziť viac
From the debris of her troubled early life, Lidia Yuknavitch weaves an astonishing tale of survival. It is a life that navigates, and transcends, abuse, addiction, self-destruction and the crushing loss of a stillborn child... Zobraziť viac
Each moment in Auschwitz was hell on earth. It was also my best classroom. Subjected to loss, torture, starvation and the constant threat of death, I discovered tools for survival and freedom that I continue to use every day... Zobraziť viac
Werner Herzog is the undisputed master of extreme cinema: building an opera house in the middle of the jungle; walking from Munich to Paris in the dead of winter; descending into an active volcano; living in the wilderness among grizzly bears... Zobraziť viac
